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Sound-Smith retipping

Recently broke the cantilever on my Dynavector 17D3, although still think cat did it!

Anyone else have experience retipping a 17D3? After researching a few options I ended up contacting and then sending to Sound-Smith.

Don’t understand some negative feedback I’d seen in terms of time and quality. Service was personal, fast (back in 3 weeks from sending out) and best of all sound I feel is improved especially the low end - I went with their Boron Cantilever with nude contact line and the work was done by David Moskowitz. Clearly a great deal of attention was paid taking into account the short cantilever of the original.






uthlidian
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cleeds
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chakster
... who is David Moskowitz ?
Peter Ledermann did not touch this cartridge.
Soundsmith is not a one-person shop. Not even close.
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chakster
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@cleeds yes, but when it comes to cartridges he is the one. I knew that other people repair audio equipment at SoundSmith. 

Anyway, I think the situation is similar when someone expect VdH personally repair carts, in reality it’s someone else in most cases. Must be qualified person, but not the master himself
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chakster
... when it comes to cartridges he is the one ...
No, @chakster he is not "the one." There is a staff there that works on cartridges. I’ve been to Soundsmith - it’s a very impressive place.
lewm
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I suspect PL is the QC guy, the final arbiter. He as much as told me he discovered and repaired the issue with my Ruby re-tip, when I returned it to SS.
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@cleeds Art Dudley was there and made a factory tour, here is a video. 
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